Conflations

Christian with MAGA.
Muslim with terrorist.
Democrat with socialist.
Republican with fascist.
Rich with selfish.
Poor with entitled.
Rural with dumb.
City with weak.

We like to label, generalize, and categorize. It helps us make sense of our world. 

It also helps us find our people. Since our people are smart, good, and right, those others must be dumb, bad, and wrong. 

But then The World slides in and conflates the labels.